A 45-year-old patient named Sandra called us six months ago. He reported that one of his teeth occasionally hurt when eating and then he got a treatment of cosmetic dental crowns.
The pain was very sharp but lacked the pain normally associated with a hole, fracture, or abscess.
Sandra even looked closely at the tooth in the mirror and found no visible fracture or receding gum line. The dentist suspected that he might have broken teeth syndrome.
This is a condition that occurs when one or more fine cracks form in the tooth. Fractured tooth syndrome is not the same as what people commonly call a broken tooth. In fractured tooth syndrome, the cracks are almost always too small for a person to see.
Even dentists have to use special instruments to detect them in most cases.
Cracked tooth syndrome can have several causes. Some develop slowly and others are the result of severe trauma to the mouth. Chewing repeatedly over a period of time can cause very fine cracks called stress fractures, leading to cracked teeth syndrome.
Bruxism (or grinding your teeth at night) can also cause teeth to break.
A closer examination of the tooth with our intraoral camera confirmed that it did indeed suffer from cracked tooth syndrome.
There was a small but very deep crack inside the tooth that was dangerously close to breaking the nerve chamber. If the syndrome had gone unnoticed for just 3-6 weeks, the division would have made its way to the nerve and we would have had to have a root canal.
Instead, and to Sandra’s great relief, we were able to replace the cusp of the tooth and replace it with a crown. Last week Sandra emailed us to thank us and let us know that the pain was completely gone from her tooth.
Metal crowns
Metallic crowns (gold or silver) make them a poor choice for the aesthetic area of the mouth. However, metal crowns work well in the posterior area where aesthetics are not as important.
These crowns are extremely durable and can retain more tooth structure compared to porcelain crowns. Metal crowns can be made from a variety of materials, including gold, platinum-palladium, nickel, or similar metals.
All-porcelain crowns
When we talk about Cosmetic Dental Crowns , we also include porcelain, resin or other dental ceramic materials. The natural appearance is the advantage of this type of material and it is generally used in premolars.
Tooth-colored porcelain or ceramic can be made to duplicate the opaque and translucent parts of your natural teeth.
The downside to this is that ceramic materials are more brittle and may not work as well as metal on posterior teeth in some patients. Dental patients who hold and grind “may not” are candidates for all-porcelain crowns on posterior teeth.
Porcelain Fused to Metal (PFM) Crowns
Porcelain Fused to Metal (PFM) crowns “may” be more durable and less prone to breakage under heavy occlusal stress than all-ceramic crowns.
The underlying metal substructure can give PFMs a less realistic appearance. Another drawback may be that, in my case, a thin metal edge of the restoration may be visible along the gum line.
Most of us will love a set of bright, healthy white teeth. There are people who do a lot to get an ideal smile on their face. The dental crown is a universal solution to the problems associated with damaged teeth. In a dental crown, the tooth is restored using a material that is applied to the top of a tooth.
Most of the time, crowns are used to restore the appearance of the teeth. Dental crowns are a type of cosmetic dentistry in which broken or decayed teeth can be reconstructed.
There is a difference between filling and crown, as laboratory-formed dental crowns are a support for the teeth that leave the teeth behind instead of filling the teeth. You will need to visit the dentist at least twice to have the crown fitted, as crowns are made in a laboratory.
After making the impression in the lab, you must wait two weeks before the crown is placed. Dental cement, which is like glue and has the ability to adhere to teeth, is used to fix the new crown.
Today, a variety of materials are used in cosmetic dentistry to make bottle caps and some of the most common are listed below.
Porcelain crowns are known for their color because they look like natural teeth. Most of the time, porcelain crowns are used to cover the front teeth. It is only used on the front teeth because porcelain is not a very strong substance.
